Daily Republican., 1887-11-08
Eucherlnga a coniidsncs Man

We were kllling ume IN comfortable
enough hotel in little village not far
from Brattleboro, VI. 1t was a terri
bic night late in November, with al
high, raw wind, and pitiless rain.
The sort Of night on which, accord
ing TO Tom Hood, a kind-hearted
farmer in pure pity would take in hisi
scarecrow. The members Of the com
psny were strangers to one another,
thrown together by the chance of
travel. But they all seemed socially
inclined, and as they sat around the
big fire that blazed on the annie
hearth of the bar. room each one OF
them contributed something more or
less interesting to the conversation.
All except tail, thin, loose -jointel
fellow who sat with his hands deep in
his trousers pocket, apparently given
over to meditation. At length, how.
ever, something was said which arous-
cd him.
81 got one Of them confidence fsl.
ler's cirk'lars 10 day." remarked big,
Jolly drover. ut came to Ike Bliv-
wins, and Ike he allowed that lie didn't
have no use for it and tossed it over
ter me. The cuss writes his cirk'lars
mighty cunnin'. Just listen to him."
With that the drover produced the
circular from one OF his pockets and
read it aloud. 1t was the familiar
tempting bait for over-conflding gud
geons. The writer remarked that the
man whom he was addressing had
been mentioned to him as q person
who knew good chance 70 make
money when he saw ii, and who also
knew how TO keep his mouth shut and
do business ON the quiet. Did the
man want to buy some ''green goods
so well executed as absolutely 10 defy
detections II SO, 1t would he worth
his while 70 run dowE to Boston and
see the writer, who would treat him
fair and square and put him in the
way of making his fortune. When
the droyer had advanced thus tar in
his reading the tall fellow referred to
broke in with a low. rich chuckle
The drover instantly turned to him
with the query:
"Hey you bin thar, Stranger"
| "Oh, 80 Oh with your reading,
answered the other, shaking with
laughter as he spoke.
| The rest of US pFicked up our earl
with pleassrable anticipation, Will,
the drover rejoined, replacing the cir.
cular in his pocket: "oh, this pape
ain't OF no particular account, letl
have your story" The tall man hesi
tated, gszed straight ahead on lin'
with the top of his boots as II inquir
ing OF the fire whether or not h
should unbosom himself Apparentl,
the fire seconded the drover's reques
for after while, burying his hand
still deeper in his pockets and with hi
eyes fixed SO intenily upon the blazin
logs before him as 10 produce the im
preston of one talking TO himself h
| unfolded to us this tale about as n
iproduce it.
Gentlemen, I'm almost 80 years ole
What l tell you happened more tina
o quarter OF century back; in fac
. when Was still youngster. Pc
!, haps some of the rest OF you once ha
: wild oats that you were foolish enoug
d TO SOW. The worst use you can pl
wild oats TO is to SOW them. But that
= neither here Ror there. ! got one I
: those "green goods" circulars, so-cal
ed, in the summer Of 1858. was the
living in Maine. 1t came 70 me fro,
= Boston by mail. Well, l was q stril
ling, inexperienced, greener tina
: grass, reckless and tolerab!y fond {
money. The circular appealed TO m
icupidiyy, and I determined to sli
idown to Boston to see what the gree
goods we're like. had 81, 600 in
bank in Augusta, legacy from a
aunt. and / drew ou. 81, 900 before
left Maine, determined II .he counter
teits were first class 70 invest all OF
in them. OF course / was an ass an
something worse-but let that pas
The circular said when I got to Bo
ton was to go TO certain saloon
the south end of the town and inquil
for Samuel Hall, and that to prevel
any mistake in regard to who was WI
on meeting Samuel l was to return
> him the circular in the envelope
which it came. l obeyed these diret
tions and had little difficulty in fndin
Samuel. He wore patent leather boo
, and plug hat with Grape half wa
TO its top.
remember thinking he must hay
lately lost O relative, and that it was
little rough on his feelings to intrud
business upon his sorrow. But hi
manner reassured me. He greete
rue with great cordiality and present.
invited me to go around to his room
and see the green goods. His room
proved to be at the top OF high built
ing in another part of the towI
Reaching them he took big leatht
wallet from one of his POCKETS an
spread out on the table before me
number of new crisp greenbacks-
fives. tens. twenties and tift,es. ! ea
. amined them with perfect amszemen'
never having dreamed that counterfeit
ing could be carried to such pitch {
perfection. Alter had carefully il
spected the samples Samuel renarke
in earnest tones:
"Now, 1 don't want you to TAX
these goods solely on my represents
ton. always treat my customer
, fair and square, and don't wish ther
to trade with me unless they are pei
fectly Satisfied that they are gettin
. the worth of their money. Suppos
; you go out on the street and test thes
goods. Here. take these" (handin
me i've, ten and twenty Ego
bank or brokers' office and see
you have any difficulty in changin
them. That's q conclusive test {
their merit, isn't it!"
Ireplied that l didn't see how tes
l could ha marc eatiafac.nrv and altar